Georgia Perrone wanted her son to experience the joys of having a dog. But because her family travels so often, Perrone turned to a controversial solution: she started renting one twice a month. WSJ's Anjali Athavaley reports. (Aug. 5)

Inflation pressure remains, and the Federal Reserve is likely to raise rates before the end of the year, but Investors should be buying the market dips and getting ready for a strong fourth quarter according to Jeffrey Kleintop, Chief Market Strategist at LPL Financial who talks with Kelsey Hubbard.

At the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon says progress against AIDS will impact the U.N.'s other efforts against poverty, death and disease. Plus, highlights from other speakers. (Aug. 4)

At the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon says progress against AIDS will impact the U.N.'s other efforts against poverty, death and disease. Plus, highlights from other speakers. (Aug. 4)

The blockbuster broken promise of the year. In a debate last week, Mark Udall promised he'd vote to keep Congress in session to address the energy crisis, but two days later he broke that promise -- in fact, he didn't even show up for the vote. Mark Udall goes on a five week vacation while the rest of Colorado pays.

At the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Kevin Fenton of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says new HIV infections in the U.S. is higher than previously estimated. He discusses the CDC's prevention strategies. (Aug. 4)

China sets aside parks in Beijing for the anticipated protests during the upcoming Olympic Games. From China's policies in Tibet to its record on media freedom, activists have used the Olympics to press their causes. Video courtesy of Reuters. (Aug. 4)

While on holiday in Bressanone, Italy, Pope Benedict XVI shares his hopes for the Beijing Olympics -- that the Games would exhibit coexistence among people of different backgrounds and be a symbol of peace. Video courtesy of Reuters. (Aug. 4)

Nobel Prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at the age of 89 in Moscow, where he had returned after years of exile in the U.S. The Russian novelist is known for his works chronicling life in the Gulag. Video courtesy of Fox News. (Aug. 4)

At least 145 people, mostly women and children, die in a stampede at a temple in the Indian town of Naina Devi. Hindu pilgrims tumbled down a slope while trying to reach the temple at the top of a hill. Video courtesy of Reuters. (Aug. 4)

Days before the Beijing Olympics, two men armed with knives and grenades kill 16 police in Kashgar, home to the largely Muslim Uighur people. They've been the focus of a Chinese security crackdown ahead of the Games. Video courtesy of Reuters. (Aug. 4)

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/energy How severe is China's pollution problem? What is China doing to clean it up? What has China done on climate change? And how can the United States help? Bob Sussman of the Center for American Progress weighs these questions in the latest installment of CAP's ASK THE EXPERT series.